HEREDITARY MULTIPLE EXOSTOSIS

The above pictures are of a 6 year old boy who presented with painless lumps in many sites of the body.Upon X-Ray evaluation it was confirmed to be a case of Hereditary Multiple Exostosis DISCUSSION : DefinitionDevelopmental osseous anomaly resulting...

TRAUMATIC SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE - A CASE STUDY

In the above case which had come to our department with a history of head injury we can observe the hyperdensity of blood density in the subarachnoid spaces within the cisterns, interhemispheric fissure and also along the tentorium cerebelli. These...

SCHIZENCEPHALY - Two cases

Definition :Schizencephaly is defined as a congenital brain malformation characterized by clefts extending from pial surface of cerebral mantle to ventricle and are lined by polymicrogyric cortexCASE 1 :In this case we can see a hypodense area showing...

Hydranencephaly - a rare congenital brain malformation

Hydranencephaly is a rare brain malformation in which there is near total absence ofcerebral hemispheres. The child may appear normal at birth but usually has a largehead. The diagnosis is established by CT or MRI and there is no known treatment.In this...

Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a hemolytic anemia characterized by abnormally shaped (sickled) red blood cells (RBCs), a point mutation in the gene coding the β chain of the hemoglobin molecule resulted in a single amino acid substitution (valine for...

My first Blog

Hi guys...this is my first blog....Will be adding many things related to radiology so that other postgraduate students can gain from this blog.Hoping this would help some peop...